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The Minister's Wooing is a historical novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe, first published in 1859.Set in 18th-century Rhode Island, the novel explores New England history, highlights the issue of slavery, and critiques the Calvinist theology in which Stowe was raised.
Stow, New York. / 42.15667°N 79.40139°W / 42.15667; -79.40139. Stow is a hamlet in Chautauqua County, New York, United States. The community is located along the western shore of Chautauqua Lake; a ferry connects it to Bemus Point on the eastern shore. Stow has a post office with ZIP code 14785, which opened on December 6, 1880.
List of tallest buildings in Vermont. Below is a list of the tallest buildings in the U.S. state of Vermont by number of floors. All buildings over ten stories are included, as well as buildings over 100 feet in height. By the amount of floors, at 124 feet, Decker Towers in Burlington is the shortest building to be the tallest in a U.S. State .
The Green Mountain Inn is located on Main Street ( Vermont Route 100) in Stowe, Vermont, United States. Built in 1833, it stands near the intersection of Route 100 and Mountain Road ( Route 108 ). The main inn building, the former Depot buildings and Sanborn House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Stowe ...
Hurley Historic District. / 41.92556°N 74.06361°W / 41.92556; -74.06361. The Hurley Historic District encompasses the center of the hamlet of Hurley, the main settlement area of the town of Hurley, New York. Stretched along US 209, the hamlet includes one of the finest concentrations of colonial Dutch architecture in the United States.
History. The history of skyscrapers in New York City began with the construction of the Equitable Life, Western Union, and Tribune buildings in the early 1870s. These relatively short early skyscrapers, sometimes referred to as "preskyscrapers" or "protoskyscrapers", included features such as a steel frame and elevators—then-new innovations that were used in the city's later skyscrapers.
When the restaurant opened, Craig Claiborne of The New York Times called it "for the most part, excellent"; by 1970, New York magazine called it "the baneful cumulus atop Time Inc." According to New York Times food critic Florence Fabricant, the Tower Suite may have originated the trend of servers introducing themselves to guests.
74000224 [1] Added to NRHP. October 1, 1974. Gold Brook Covered Bridge, also known as Stowe Hollow Bridge or Emily's Bridge, is a small wooden covered bridge in the town of Stowe, Lamoille County, Vermont, carrying Covered Bridge Road over Gold Brook. Built in 1844, it is the only 19th-century covered bridge in the state built using wooden Howe ...